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The Steam Tram
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"If a dream can start the steam tram where the beggar used to whine",
1959
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 25 February vol. 80 no. 4124 1959; (p. 45) The Ballad of Bloodthirsty Bessie and Other Poems 1961; (p. 144 - 145) My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years 1985; (p. 206) Selected Poems 1992; (p. 4-5) -
Berceuse de Newcastle
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"It's always sunset in the east",
1953
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 September vol. 74 no. 3841 1953; (p. 2) The Ballad of Bloodthirsty Bessie and Other Poems 1961; (p. 143) Selected Poems 1992; (p. 3) Australian Poetry Since 1788 2011; (p. 321-322) -
L'Apres-midi d'une Fille aux Cheveux de Lin
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"Bearing their birds and gardens on their hats",
1961
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Ballad of Bloodthirsty Bessie and Other Poems 1961; (p. 146 - 147) Modern Australian Verse 1964; (p. 67-69) Selected Poems 1992; (p. 6-7) Australian Poetry Since 1788 2011; (p. 323-324) -
Little Black Schooner
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"Half through the night, half through a war,",
1959
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 1 July vol. 80 no. 4142 1959; (p. 58) The Ballad of Bloodthirsty Bessie and Other Poems 1961; (p. 150 - 154) Selected Poems 1992; (p. 8-11) -
A Little Air
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"With a rind of lemon",
1959
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 3 June vol. 80 no. 4138 1959; (p. 58) The Ballad of Bloodthirsty Bessie and Other Poems 1961; (p. 155 - 156) Selected Poems 1992; (p. 12-13) -
Recitative
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"Waves rattling pebbles rocked me asleep,",
1959
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 May vol. 80 no. 4137 1959; (p. 2) The Ballad of Bloodthirsty Bessie and Other Poems 1961; (p. 161) Modern Australian Verse 1964; (p. 67) Selected Poems 1992; (p. 17) The Indigo Book of Modern Australian Sonnets 2003; (p. 43) -
The Flight from the Past
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"I'll fare forth as I fared forth to fish with my father",
1959
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 12 August vol. 80 no. 4148 1959; (p. 58) The Ballad of Bloodthirsty Bessie and Other Poems 1961; (p. 163 - 165) Selected Poems 1992; (p. 19-20) -
Aria
Salon Aria
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"All the world was wonderful",
1955
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 July vol. 76 no. 3935 1955; (p. 2) The Ballad of Bloodthirsty Bessie and Other Poems 1961; (p. 162) Selected Poems 1992; (p. 18) A Return to Poetry 2000 2000; (p. 12) -
Au Tombeau de Mon Pere...
Au Tombeau de Mon Pere
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"I went on Friday afternoons",
1958
single work
poetry
humour
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 2 July vol. 79 no. 4090 1958; (p. 58) Australian Poetry 1959 1959; (p. 62-66) The Ballad of Bloodthirsty Bessie and Other Poems 1961; (p. 157 - 160) Modern Australian Verse 1964; (p. 69-72) The Penguin Book of Australian Verse 1972; (p. 216-218) The Golden Apples of the Sun : Twentieth Century Australian Poetry 1980; (p. 55-58)
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